Repertoire Lyrics
Prelude - Ola Gjeilo
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Exsultate, Jubilate O vos animae beatae Exsultate Jubilate Summa Trinitas revelatu Et ubique adoratur, Date gloriam, Date illi gloriam Summa Trias adoratur, Date illi gloriam.
Tu virginum corona, Tu nobis pacem dona. To consolare affectus, Unde suspirat cor. Alleluia.
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Rejoice, resound with joy. O you blessed souls, Rejoice, resound with joy, The Great Trinity is revealed And everywhere adored; Give glory, Give it glory, The Great Triad is adored. Give it glory. You, o crown of virgins, Grant us peace, Console our feelings, From which our hearts sigh. Alleluia.
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Yukaykeke - Suzzette Ortiz
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Ven a Yukayeke comunidad de amor Ven connosotros a cantar Ven canta en varios ritmos, armonías que al compás se unen en un son!
Aquí eres bienvenido y tienes tu lugar: No importa quien tu eres Tu alma tiene voz!
Ven sal de tubohìo y canta en el batey Donde eres bienvenido no importa quién es quién
Lugar de amor y aceptación So lo ana raza Un mismo sol Un corazòn!
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Join our community of Love! A song of many rhythms, melodies and harmonies combined in one song!
A space where you are welcome Where everyone belongs Both young and old are welcomed United in song!
Come out of your hut and sing in the village square Where you are welcomed No matter who you are
A place of love where you belong A place with one race The human race One song! One soul!
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Tres Cantos Nativos Dos Indios Kraos - Marcos Leite
This song is based on melodies of the Kraó tribe, indigenous to Brazil. The meaning of the text is unknown and the composer has treated these words as vocables, without meaning, focusing on melodic contour rather than literal translation.
Temporal - Suzzette Ortiz
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Allá viene, allá viene el temporal Temporal, temporal Allá viene el temporal. Que será de Puerto Rico Cuando llegue el temporal? Que será de mi Borinquen* Cuando llegue el temporal? Se levanta el pueblo Al son de los tambores No nos tumba el viento Ni diez mil temblores Somos resilientes, Somos luchadores No nos tumba el viento Ni diez mil temblores
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There comes! There comes the storm! Storm, storm There comes the storm What will become of Puerto Rico When the storm arrives What will become of my Puerto Rico When the storm arrives The people arise To the rhythm of the drums The wind cannot bring us down Nor ten thousand earthquakes We are resilient We are warriors The wind cannot bring us down Nor ten thousand earthquakes
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I Choose Love - Mark Miller
In the midst of pain, I choose love
In the midst of pain, sorrow falling down like rain
I await the sun again, I choose love
In the midst of war, I choose peace
In the midst of war, hate and anger keeping score
I will seek the good once more, I choose peace
When my world falls down, I will rise
When my world falls down explanation can’t be found
I will climb to holy ground I will rise
In the midst of pain, I choose love
In the midst of pain, sorrow falling down like rain
I await the sun again, I choose love
I Dream A World - Rollo Dilworth
I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind-
Of such I dream, my world!
Ta Tikee Tei - Sid Robinovitch
This song’s text also has no direct translation and are a collection of vowel sounds and consonants.
Take This Gift - Tracy Wong
My feet are rooted to the ground (la la li la lay)
My voice is soaring in the skies (la la li la)
I am tied to the past, beautifully tangled with you
Hand in hand we look to the stars
Here, take this gift
It’s not mine to keep
Here, take this gift
Share it far so all may know
Let our love for singing grow
We are branches
Independent, intertwined
We are sunlight
Spreading warmth, dazzling bright
Here, take this gift
It’s not mine to keep
Here, take this gift
Share it far so all may know
Let our love for singing grow.
El Cumbanchero - Suzzette Ortiz
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A Cumba cumbanchero A bongo bongcero Priquiti que va sonando cumbanchero Bongocero que se va Bongocero que se va!
Y suena asi el tambor biriquiti Bum bum ba Y vuelve a repicar Biriqui tukutra
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A fun-loving bongo player Prikiti rings out (from the drum of) the fun loving Bongo player who is leaving The bongo player is leaving! And sounds the drum biritiki Bum bum ba And then again rings out Biriqui tukutra
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Freedom Hymn - B.E Boykin
Monarch of the day, I chase thy spring
From darkness freed, rise and leave the world behind
Measure skies from star to morning
Twas mercy brought me from thy guilty land
Toward eternal skies a crown, a mansion
A throne that shines from star to morning
Rise sublime wafted by the wind
Make eternal glory arrive and taste the joys above
Rise sublime wafted by the wind
Where grief subsides a hymn to morning
No more mournful strain
No longer the iron chain
No more sorrow sprung
What laboured my parents breath no more, no more
Only peace beneath the cypress shade
Freedom who can sing thy force?
Rise sublime, blooming, triumph in my song
Thanks to God who snatched me to the skies
Rise sublime creation rushing on my sight,
New worlds amaze the unbounded soul
Beneath me sees the universal whole
With gold unfading land of freedom
Monarch of the day, I chase thy spring
From darkness freed, rise and leave the world behind
Measure skies from star to morning
Mine!
Record my prayer, my hymn to morning
Hope Lingers On - Andrea Ramsey
My mother, when love is gone
My mother, when love is gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on
My father, when peace is gone
My father, when peace is gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on
I will not hate and I will not fear, in our darkest hour, hope lingers here
My sister, when equality’s gone
My sister, when equality’s gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on
My brother, with tolerance gone
My brother, with tolerance gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on
I will not hate and I will not fear, in our darkest hour, hope lingers here
My love, when honor is gone
My love, when honor is gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on
My country, when justice is gone
My country, when justice is gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on
I will not and I will fear, in our darkest hour, hope lingers here
I will not and I will fear, in our darkest hour, hope lingers here
Music Down In My Soul - Moses Hogan
I hear music in the air,
I can feel it in the air,
There must be a God somewhere!
Over my head I hear music in the air,
There must be a God somewhere!
Over my head I hear singing in the air,
There must be a God somewhere!
I've got this music down in my soul,
And it fills my heart with the joy of the Lord!
I've got joy,
I've got it, joy, everlasting.
I've got peace,
I've got it, peace, everlasting.
I've got love,
I've got it, love, everlasting.
I've got joy,
I've got it, joy, everlasting.
Love in my heart,
Oh yes, I've got -
Peace in my soul,
Oh yes, I've got -
Joy in my heart,
Joy today.
Do you love the Lord?
I love the Lord!
I've got joy
I've got peace
I've got love
In my soul!
I Will Sing - Michael Englehardt
We’ve all been given
our little corner of space and time
with the permission
to do with it as we see fit for a while.
So begs the question,
what will I do with the portion given to me?
This one possession, so pure and precious.
Darkness and fear abound,
but this song keeps calling out
from deep within me.
With all of my soul, I will sing.
My heart ever steadfast, this melody will bring.
It may or may not resonate, but here’s the thing:
Even so, with all of my soul, I will sing.
It’s not that easy.
Great are the doubts from within and without.
They won’t defeat me,
not if I’m completely
standing on higher ground,
confident in the sound
that lives within me.
I will sing forevermore!
I will sing with all my heart and my soul!
I have decided that with this one life, I will sing!
